NEIBA Bestseller List

For the week ending
Sunday, August 16th, 2026  

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
2. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
3. Under the Falls: A Novel
Richard Russo, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593805107
4. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
5. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
6. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
7. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
8. Country People
Daniel Mason, Random House, $30.00, 9798217197453
9. The Amateur: A Novel
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $33.00, 9780385551298
10. Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505
11. The Unknown
Riley Sager, Dutton, $32.00, 9798217044092
12. The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9798217059959
13. John of John 
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
14. Etna
Paul Yoon, Scribner, $28.00, 9781668020821
15. Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt (Indies Introduce)
Ben Reeves, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781668216361

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
2. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
4. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
5. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35.00, 9781324094647
6. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
7. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
8. What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast
Caroline Chambers, Union Square & Co., $35.00, 9781454963264
9. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572
10. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
11. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881991
12. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005
13. This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Craig Fehrman, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982174248
14. The Cruelest Game: Chasing Greatness in Professional Tennis
Matthew Futterman, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385550727
15. All That's Unseen: An Appalachian Memoir
Emilee Hackney, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593831403

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
3. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
4. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
6. Project Hail Mary 
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
7. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781982112837
8. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
9. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323
10. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
11. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
12. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
13. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
14. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
15. North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
2. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
3. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
5. The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568
6. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
7. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $23.00, 9780307279286
8. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
9. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522
10. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
11. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly  
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
12. Communion: The Female Search for Love
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291
13. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
14. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life
Helen Whybrow, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571311634
15. Salt
Mark Kurlansky, Penguin, $19.00, 9780142001615

MASS MARKET

1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $13.00, 9780399501487
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
6. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780062073488
7. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
8. The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
9. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
10. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140501698
2. This Book Is Seriously Silly! (A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book #2) (A Narwhal and Jelly Book)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $19.99, 9781774886588
3. The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
5. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449018
6. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140564341
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399230035
9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $10.99, 9781250445506
10. Construction Site: Firefight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226590

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419788109
2. InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915
3. Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063450882
4. Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546171607
5. Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $19.99, 9781546102441
6. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
7. Super Diaper Baby: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers: Color Edition (From the Creator of Dog Man) (Captain Underpants)
Dav Pilkey, Dav Pilkey (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338687866
8. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
9. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19) 
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
10. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. This Book Is Seriously Silly! (A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book #2) (A Narwhal and Jelly Book)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $19.99, 9781774886588
2. The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
Ann M. Martin, et al., Scholastic Inc., $14.99, 9781546171379
3. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel 
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
4. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
5. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
6. Sticker Dolly Dressing Dogs and Puppies
Antonia Miller (Illus.), Fiona Watt, Usborne, $9.99, 9781805071457
7. The Trouble with Heroes
Kate Messner, Bloomsbury Children's Books, $10.99, 9781547619429
8. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
9. Richard Scarry's Busiest People Ever! 50th Anniversary Edition
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9798217125333
10. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel 
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457

YOUNG ADULT

1. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
2. The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780316593083
3. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
4. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
5. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
6. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
7. The Iliad: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763696634
8. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
9. The Summer of Broken Rules
K.L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781728210292
10. Betting on You
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244